different between abandon vs whimsy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bæn.d?n/
• Hyphenation: aban?don

Etymology 1

• From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannan? (“to proclaim, command”) (compare English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal.
• Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forl?tan, anforl?tan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forl?fan; see forleave.

Verb

abandon (third-person singular simple present abandons, present participle abandoning, simple past and past participle abandoned)

1. (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
2. (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
3. (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]

4. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16^th century.]
5. (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]
6. (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

7. (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.

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Etymology 2

• From French, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.

Noun

abandon (countable and uncountable, plural abandons)

1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]
2. (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.

Synonyms

• (giving up to impulses): wantonness, unrestraint, libertinism, abandonment, profligacy, unconstraint

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French

Etymology

From Old French (mettre) a bandon ("to deliver, place at someone's disposition", literally "to place in someone's power"). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b??.d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

abandon m (plural abandons)

1. surrender
2. abandonment
3. (uncountable) complete neglect

Derived terms

• abandon scolaire
• à l'abandon
• tour d'abandon

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abandon

Further reading

• “abandon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

abandon m (plural abandons)

1. abandonment

References

• ARLEF
• Dizionari Furlan Talian

Middle English

Alternative forms

• abandoun, abaundun

Etymology

From Old French abandon.

Adverb

abandon

1. (not comparable) Freely; entirely.

References

• “aband?un, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French abandon (“surrender, abandonment”), from Old French mettre a bandon (“to deliver, place at someone's disposition”), last part from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannan? (“to proclaim, command, summon, ban”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to speak, say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba??d??/, /aban?d??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Hyphenation: a?ban?don

Noun

abandon m (definite singular abandonen, indefinite plural abandoner, definite plural abandonene)

1. (law) the right to, under certain circumstances, waive ownership of an insured ship or cargo to the insurer and claim compensation for total loss
2. (obsolete) indifference

Derived terms

References

• “abandon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French abandon.

Noun

abandon n (plural abandonuri)

1. abandonment
2. renouncement

Declension

Related terms

• abandona

English

Alternative forms

• whimsey

Etymology

Probably from whims +? -y. Related to whim-wham, whim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?mzi/, /???mzi/

Noun

whimsy (usually uncountable, plural whimsies)

1. A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
2. An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
3. (mining) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
4. A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.

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Verb

whimsy (third-person singular simple present whimsies, present participle whimsying, simple past and past participle whimsied)

1. (transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.